Senior Consultant, Public Affairs

Forward Global is a leading international risk and reputation management group. We design custom solutions for global corporations, law firms, litigation funders, private equity and venture capital firms, foreign governments, international associations, NGOs, high-net-worth individuals, and family offices.

Our group brings together over 350 advisors with diverse backgrounds in international strategy, communications, politics, policy, and digital content creation. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., we also have offices in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Paris, Brussels, Montreal, London, and Abidjan.

Forward Global is searching for a Senior Consultant, Public Affairs and Strategic Communications. We’re looking for an ambitious self-starter who is hungry, smart, and has a passion for written and verbal communication. Your job will be focused on supporting senior members of the Public Affairs and Strategic Communications teams across a variety of client accounts and issues – and you’ll have the opportunity to take on additional and significant responsibilities as we grow, with access to major decision-makers in media, policy, and Corporate America.

Forward Global prides itself on being an entrepreneurial firm with a close-knit, supportive team of professionals. The integration of Government Affairs, Strategic Communications, and Public Affairs is integral to Forward Global’s work; as such, team members are expected to work collaboratively. A successful Senior Consultant will be a highly motivated, dynamic, self-starter who thrives on autonomy.

This is a fully in-person position in our Georgetown office, in Washington, DC.

• Serve as a client-supporting point of contact for 5-7 clients, regularly working to translate their business and policy priorities into worthy narratives and messaging

• Conduct regular media monitoring, perform press outreach, and engage in creative storytelling with the media

• Develop, foster, and maintain strategic relationships with journalists and the organizers of major tentpole events

• Assist in planning client-owned events, gatherings, and productions

• Supports creation of original content, brand elevation, media coverage, and interview opportunities for clients and third parties

• Writing and producing content with minimal edits for internal teams and clients including op-eds, press releases, reports, briefing books, client memos, talking points, and presentations

• Support additional client administrative tasks as required, such as budgets and client invoicing

• Have two to four years of political campaign, in-house, media or Capitol Hill experience, ideally working in press outreach, communications, or media-related industry

• Experience maintaining strong working relationships with members of the media.

• Are entrepreneurial – comfortable solving problems and creating a process from scratch

• Are comfortable with tasks large and small:
  You can prep a major executive or principal for media, but you’re also comfortable shipping out client gifts

• Are a critical thinker who understands the drivers of the business and policy ecosystem, beyond communications

• Are deeply committed to client service and value delivery

• Are comfortable building and maintaining a professional network supportive to personal professional development and supporting client needs

• Are comfortable, where applicable, registering to lobby

At Forward Global, we believe complex challenges require diverse perspectives. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, collaborative environment where people from different backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints can contribute meaningfully to solving our clients’ most pressing strategic, geopolitical, and reputational…